Mupirocin resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates in a Spanish hospital. Co-application of multiplex PCR assay and conventional microbiology methods
- 30 June 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
- Vol. 43 (2) , 123-128
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0732-8893(02)00388-7
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